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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I think I've had to trim the bow sleeves on every car I've done a headliner on, Sunbeam or not. I think the manufacturers give extra all the way around, just to make sure.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Tigers <tigers-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Pam and Tom Jeffers via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Graham Harlowe<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tiger's Den<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Headliner Installation</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Graham,<br>
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I had a centerline on the back of the headliner I bought decades ago. I also remember having to trim the canvas bow sleeves. What you are saying sounds very familiar.<br>
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Tom J<br>
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> On Feb 2, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Graham Harlowe via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:<br>
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> Listers -<br>
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> I'm finally getting around to restoring a hardtop I bought over 10 years<br>
> ago. The replacement headliner I received has some dimensional differences<br>
> from the stock one, so I'm curious to hear of someone else's experience.<br>
> Specifically, the reverse side of the headliner comes with the canvas<br>
> "sleeves" to hold the support bows. On the stock headliner I removed, the<br>
> canvas sleeves for the bows are all about 36" long, which allowed the tips<br>
> of each bow to extend beyond their sleeves. (Yes, I know it's important to<br>
> keep the bows in order, front to back). On the new headliner, the bow<br>
> sleeves are between 39 and 41 inches, which leaves the tips of the bows<br>
> buried in their sleeves. "Scrunching" the sleeve material toward the center<br>
> to expose the bow tips so they can be inserted into their respective holes<br>
> in the hardtop also scrunches the headliner, causing wrinkles from the<br>
> excess material. <br>
> <br>
> Does anyone recall having to trim/shorten the canvas bow sleeves on the back<br>
> side of their new headliner? Any other tips for installing the headliner?<br>
> My strategy was to use a light pencil to trace the original headliner<br>
> perimeter onto the replacement headliner as a starting point and adjust from<br>
> there, but the longer sleeves are really throwing things off. <br>
> <br>
> Note, it appears the manufacturer drew a centerline on the back of the<br>
> headliner. On one bow, the 39" sleeve is sewn noticeably off-center (20.5"<br>
> left, and 18.5" right), so perhaps the sleeve lengths are not meant to be<br>
> precise for the Tiger top and are intended to be cut for the desired length<br>
> or application. <br>
> <br>
> Thanks as always, <br>
> Graham Harlowe<br>
> B382001466<br>
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